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Fairness In Giving Dowries

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Darussalam · Volume 4

26. The Book Of Marriage

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 3346 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 115

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3348. ‘Urwah bin Az-Zubair narrated that he asked ‘Āishah about the saying of Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime: “And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls then marry (other) women of your choice.”[1] She said: “O son of my sister, this refers to a female orphan who is in the care of her guardian, and her wealth is joined to his, and he is attracted to her wealth and her beauty. So her guardian wants to marry her without being fair with regard to her dowry, and without giving her what someone else would give her. So they were forbidden to marry them unless they were fair to them and gave them the highest possible dowry that is customarily given, and they were commanded to marry other women of their choice.” ‘Urwah said: ‘Āishah said: ‘Then later on, Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed concerning them: ‘They ask your legal instruction concerning women, say: Allāh instructs you about them, and about what is recited unto you in the Book concerning the orphan girls whom you give not the prescribed portions and yet whom you desire to marry.’[2] ‘Āishah said: ‘What Allāh, Most High, mentioned here that is recited in the Book is the first Verse in which it says: And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with orphan girls then marry (other) women of your choice.[1] 'Āishah said: 'What is referred to in the other Verse – and yet whom you desire to marry[2] – is the desire of one of you not to marry orphan girl who is under his care if she is lacking in wealth and beauty. So they were forbidden to marry those orphan women to whose wealth they were attracted unless they were fair, because of their desire not to marry (those who were lacking in wealth and beauty).'" (Sahīh)

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3346 - أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ} [النساء: 3] قَالَتْ: «يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي، هِيَ الْيَتِيمَةُ، تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِ وَلِيِّهَا، فَتُشَارِكُهُ فِي مَالِهِ، فَيُعْجِبُهُ مَالُهَا وَجَمَالُهَا، فَيُرِيدُ وَلِيُّهَا أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا بِغَيْرِ أَنْ يُقْسِطَ فِي صَدَاقِهَا، فَيُعْطِيَهَا مِثْلَ مَا يُعْطِيهَا غَيْرُهُ، فَنُهُوا أَنْ يَنْكِحُوهُنَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا لَهُنَّ، وَيَبْلُغُوا بِهِنَّ أَعْلَى سُنَّتِهِنَّ مِنَ الصَّدَاقِ، فَأُمِرُوا أَنْ يَنْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَهُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ سِوَاهُنَّ»، قَالَ عُرْوَةُ: قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: " ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّاسَ اسْتَفْتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدُ فِيهِنَّ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَاءِ قُلِ اللَّهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِيهِنَّ} [النساء: 127]- إِلَى قَوْلِهِ - {وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ} [النساء: 127] "، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: " وَالَّذِي ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ يُتْلَى فِي الْكِتَابِ الْآيَةُ الْأُولَى الَّتِي فِيهَا {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ} [النساء: 3] "، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: " وَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ فِي الْآيَةِ الْأُخْرَى {وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ} [النساء: 127] رَغْبَةَ أَحَدِكُمْ عَنْ يَتِيمَتِهِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِهِ حِينَ تَكُونُ قَلِيلَةَ الْمَالِ وَالْجَمَالِ، فَنُهُوا أَنْ يَنْكِحُوا مَا رَغِبُوا فِي مَالِهَا مِنْ يَتَامَى النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا بِالْقِسْطِ مِنْ أَجْلِ رَغْبَتِهِمْ عَنْهُنَّ "

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  1. 1

    [1] An-Nisâ' 4:3.

  2. 2

    [2] An-Nisâ' 4:127.

Commentary

We learn the dowry of women ought to be such that it does not take advantage of their social status.